Paper spoon.



L. W. FARMER.

PAPER SPQON.

APPLIUATION FILED SEPT. a, 1014.

1,1 14,878. Patented 0011.27, 1914.

gym 1 il/uzfim STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LUKE W. FARMER, OF SOMERVILLE, MASACHU$ETTS PAPER SPOON.

To all whom it may concern:

. -Be it known that I, LUKE W. FAnMna. a

citizen of the United States, residing at Somerville, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Pa )er Spoons, of which the following is a speci cation.

This invention relates to paper spoons, and has for its object to construct a paper spoon with a substantial reinforcement, which is extended throughout its entire length, which reinforcement is bent to conform to the portions of the bowl and handle of the spoon with which it is associated, thereby to cause the spoon to maintain substantially its original form, even when subject to a consideral'ile strain and rough usage.

In accordance with this invention, the spoon is composed of two or more plies of paper adhesively or otherwise secured together, and a piece of wire arranged between two of the plies, which is extended from the tip of the bowl to the. extremity of the handle, said wire being bent to conform to the shape of the bowl and handle of the spoon, at the points thereof with which it is associated. The wire employed is sulliciently ductile to be bent to the desired shape by pressure, yet stiff enough to remain in the shape in which it is bent, although it is resilient. Said wire is arranged substantially in the longitudinal axis of the spoon, and when so arranged and extended through the entire length of the spoon. the bowl and particularly its tip is reinforced and its waist-portion is strengthened. and the point of junction of the handle with the bowl, which is usually the point of greatest weakness, is substantially strengthened.

Figure l is a. plan view of a. paper spoon embodying this invention. Fig. 2, is a longitudinal vertical section of the spoon shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is an enlarged transverse section taken through the bowl of the spoon. Fig. 4, is a similar transverse section taken through the bowl of the spoon illustrating a modified form of my invention.

The spoon as represented in Figs. l to 3. as illustrating my invention, is composed of two plies of heavy paper or card-board 10 and 12, which are adhcsively secured together, and having interposed between them, a piece of wire 14. Said wire is ar-. ranged in the longitudinal axis ot the spoon,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 5, 1914.

Patented Oct. 2'7, 1914.

Serial No. 860,478.

and it is extended from the tip of the bowl to the extremity of the handle. thereby extending throughout the entire length of the spoon. A round wire is here shown, but it 1s obvious that the wire or metallic strip in lieu thereof may be of other ci'osssectional form. two or more sheets of paper may be adhesively secured together with a wire arranged bctween them, and the composite sheet thus formed. is cut to form flat blanks, and said flat blanks are subjected separately to pressure by suitable dies to form a dished bowl and a curved handle, and when subjected to the pressure of the dies, the wire reinforcement is bent with the )lies of paper, thereby causing it to conform to the varying curvatures of the bowl and handle of the spoon throughout its entire length. When the. pressure of the dies is removed, the metallic. strip will remain in the form it has been bent by said dies and, therefore. aids in causing the spoon to retain the shape which is given to it by the dies. This spoon is \erystroxul and is adapted for many sanitary purposes.

In Figs. 1 to 3, the wire reinforcement is sunhcn into the lowermost ply 12. so that the surface of the uppermost ply is devoid of the ridge or rib shown in Fig. l; and in Fig. i said wire reinforccmcnt is partially sunl-ren into both the upper and under plies, and as a result a ridge or rib appears both on the upper and under sides of the spoon. For ordinary uses. the form shown in Fig. l. is not objectionable. and may he more easily and cheaply nmnufactured.

l clailn l. .\s a new article of lmmufmrturc. a pa per spoon composed of two or more plies of paper sccurcd together. and inning a still reinforcing wire interposed between two of the piles. which is extended throughout the entire length of the spoon. and is arranged in the longitudinal axis thereof. and is bent in the manufacture of the spoon,'

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in "531siongitiflinai axis thereof, and is new; name to this specification, in the presence of to conform to the varying curvatures of the two subscribing Witnesses.

bowl and handle of the s 0010, said reinr v wire being entire-,1; sunken 511150 a LUIKE FARMER' one of plies, substaniziaiiy as Witnesses:

2c v MARY C. BUCKNAM,

iesblmony whereof, I have signed my AMOS L. TAYLOR. 

